REGION: David Parks, former Va. Shore firefighter, sentenced to 20 years in Md. arson

12:33 PM,
Jul. 15, 2013

David C. Parks

Written by

Carol Vaughn
Staff Writer

SNOW HILL, Md. - A former firefighter from Melfa was sentenced in a Maryland court to 20 years in prison for his conviction in a 2012 arson fire at a barn near Pocomoke City, Md.

It was David Clifton Parks' second arson conviction in Maryland since 2006.

Parks, 38, was found guilty in April of second degree arson, malicious burning, malicious destruction of property and reckless endangerment in connection with an April 11, 2012, fire at a barn on Sheephouse Road in Worcester County, Md. ...